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USB device recognition problem - device numbers changing
u_rebelscum:
--- Quote from: diggso on July 19, 2009, 07:36:21 pm ---In my particular case I'm using the usb versions of the spin-trak and the u-trak, all by Andy (i.e. Ultimark) so they've all got the Ultimarc encoder boards on them. I didn't think this was a question for Andy really, but maybe he can shed some light...
If anyone else has experience in differentiating the Ultimarc peripherals I'd love to hear it....
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Talk to Andy. I'm pretty sure that you can change the IDs, as their encoders are variants of the U-HID nano.
jasonbar:
I had a similar problem--is there an easy fix besides a brute force re-assigning of affected games?
According to MAME, my Act-Labs guns were "mouse 2 & mouse 3", while my spinners were "mouse 4 & mouse 5".
I removed the pair of Act-Labs guns & installed a pair of EMS TopGun IIs.
The spinners bumped "up" 2 slots & MAME calls them "mouse 2 & mouse 3" now, so all my spinner games will need remapping to look to mouse 2 & 3 instead of 4 & 5.
Any bulk way to fix this all at once?
Thanks,
-Jason
garwil:
There's an app for USB joysticks that retains the ID number for you. Maybe it'll work for mice (mouses? ;) ).
http://www.wingmanteam.com/latest_software/gadgets.htm#JoyIDs_Utility:
Also, CFG Magician can be used to batch edit cfgs for individual games based on input type, maybe that will help?
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=88948.0
jasonbar:
Thanks, Garwil. That joystick ID app seems pretty keen, but I know MAME distinguishes between mice & joysticks. My old Act-Labs light guns were mice to MAME, as are my 2 spinners. The absence of the 2 Act-Labs guns (mice) bumped my spinner mouse IDs by 2 spots.
I managed to recover my mouse IDs & don't have to go through every spinner game & reconfigure them. w00t!
Here's what I did:
1 - shutdown
2 - unplug 2 spinners & plug in 2 guns (LCD TopGun II)
3 - boot
4 - shutdown
5 - plug in 2 spinners
6 - boot
Fixed! Spinner game that have the default assignments (per my "Input (General)" settings) as well as spinner games that I've over-ridden (Discs of Tron for example), are still good.
I imagine that I probably over-complicated this & put a few too many steps in there, but hey, it works now & if it ain't broke, I ain't gonna mess with it!
Thanks,
-Jason
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